Oxford's new portraits promote diversity

Updated 9:34 AM ET, Thu March 30, 2017

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Photos:Oxford's new portraits promote diversity

Aditi Lahiri – A new series of portraits celebrating women and ethnic minorities will soon adorn the walls of Oxford University. Aditi Lahiri is a linguistics scholar at Oxford and was painted by London-based artist Rosalie Watkins.

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Photos:Oxford's new portraits promote diversity

Patricia Daley – Patricia Daley is a professor of the human geography of Africa at Jesus College, Oxford. She was painted for the new series by artist Binny Mathews.

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Diran Adebayo – British novelist Diran Adebayo studied law at Oxford and worked as a print journalist and television producer before published his first novel, "Some Kind of Black," in 1996. He was photographed by Rory Carnegie.